Defending champion Andy Murray loses at U.S. Open

Defending champion Andy Murray lost in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Thursday afternoon to Stanislas Wawrinka, seeded #9 in the tournament, 6 spots lower than Murray. This is the first time the 28-year-old Wawrinka, who is from Switzerland, has reached a Grand Slam semifinal. The 26-year-old Murray was considered the best player to have never won a Grand Slam tournament before his victory in New York in 2012. He won Wimbledon in 2013 and is beloved in England for being the first male player from Great Britain -- he is Scottish -- to win the tournament in 77 years. But he has struggled since then, and lost in straight sets to Wawrinka. Long the second-best player in Switzerland because of Roger Federer's great success, Wawrinka has now gone further in a Grand Slam tournament than his friend and countryman for the first time.

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